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Definition
Student-centered learning (SCL), or
learner-centeredness, is a learning model that
places the student (learner) in the center of the
learning process. In student-centered learning,
students are active participants in their
learning; they learn at their own pace and use
their own strategies; they are more intrinsically
than extrinsically motivated; learning is more
individualized than standardized. Student-centered
learning develops learning-how-to-learn skills such
as problem solving, critical thinking, and
reflective thinking. Student-centered learning
accounts for and adapts to different learning styles
of students (National Center for Research on
Teacher Learning. 1999).
Student-centered learning is distinguished from
teacher-centered learning, which is characterized by
the transmission of information from a knowledge
expert (teacher) to a relatively passive recipient
(student/learner) or consumer. According to McCombs
and Whisler (1997), learner-centered learning is
the perspective that couples a focus on individual
learners (their heredity, experiences, perspectives,
backgrounds, talents, interests, capacities and
needs) with a focus on learning (the best available
knowledge about learning and how it occurs and about
teaching practices that are most effective in
promoting the highest levels of motivation, learning
and achievement for all learners). (p. 9)
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